MSU Tuesday Bulletin [3], 01/28/97

"TUESDAY BULLETIN"              AFRICAN STUDIES 
CENTER

Academic Year                   MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Spring, No. 3                   100 INTERNATIONAL CENTER

January 28, 1997                EAST LANSING  MI  48824-1035


MAJOR HEADINGS:

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EVENTS


MSU ANNOUNCEMENTS


CONFERENCES


OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS


JOBS

EVENTS

January 27, Monday
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Professor John Rickford will provide enlightenment on the subject of Ebonics with a lecture entitled Ebonics: African American Language & Culture: Roots and Branches. Professor Rickford is a professor of Linguistics at Stanford University. The lecture will be held from 7:00-9:00pm and will take place in the MSU Union Building in Gold Rooms A&B.

January 30, Thursday
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"National Development and the Performing Arts of Africa", African Studies Center Brown Bag with Dr. J.H. Kwabena Nketia (Hannah Visiting Professor, Integrative Studies, MSU); 12:00 noon, Spartan Room C, Crossroads Food Court, International Center.

February 6, Thursday
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"Imaginary Struggles:Landscape and Memory on the South African-Lesotho Frontier, 1820-1930",(African Studies Center, Boston Univ); 12:00 noon, Spartan Room C, Crossroads Food Court, International Center.

MSU ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Title VI FLAS Fellowships
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A. African Studies Center:
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The African Studies Center at Michigan State University announces that the 1997-98 Academic year U.S. Department of Education, Title VI, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship application forms are available from the Center. FLAS awards requires that an applicant must hold a bachelor's degree by the time the fellowship will begin, be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, be admitted to the appropriate graduate department and undertake an approved program of African language and area studies. The deadline for applications is February 21, 1997. For detailed information on the application procedure as well as any related information, please contact: African Studies Center, 100 International Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1035. Phone (517) 353-1700, Fax: (517) 432-1209, E-mail: AFRICA@MSU.EDU or 21248YF@MSU.EDU.

B. Center for Advanced Studies
of International Development:
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FLAS Fellowship application forms for the 1997-98 academic year are now available in the CASID office, 306 Berkey Hall. The fellowships are awarded to MSU graduate students who are enrolled in a program that combines study of a modern foreign language with advanced training and research in development studies or in the international development aspects of professional or other fields of study. Languages included are Arabic, Portuguese, Swahili (all levels), Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish (advanced levels). Less commonly taught languages will be considered upon inquiry. For further information please contact: Gail Campana at CASID. Phone: (517) 353-5925 or gail.campana@ssc.msu.edu. The application deadline is February 14, 1997.

North East African Studies Journal (NEAS)
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The NorthEast African Studies journal has just been published. Individual copies and subscriptions to this journal are available from the MSU Press (517) 355-5943.

CONFERENCES

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African Literature Association (ALA)
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April 16-19, 1997
"FESPACO Nights in Michigan: African Film and Literature" is the title of the Twenty-Third Annual Conference of the ALA. The Conference will be held at the Collage Center at Michigan State University and will focus on recent developments in African film. For detailed information, please contact: Kenneth W Harrow, Dept of English, Merrill Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1036. Phone: (517) 353-7243; Fax:(517)-353-3755; E-mail: harrow@pilot.msu.edu

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

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African Studies Association (ASA)
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The African Studies Association is pleased to announce that the Call for Papers for the 40th Annual Meeting, to be held in Columbus, Ohio, November 12-15, 1997 is now on the web page. The call for Papers is also carried in the current issue of the ASA News. The ASA wishes to thank Dr. Ali Dinar of the African Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania, for help with construction. E-mail inquiries to: africa@emory.edu or ASA URL: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/ Home_Page/ASA_Menu.html.

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On Line
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Thanks to satellite technology, students in six African countries will have the opportunity to take courses on electrical engineering taught by a professor at an American University. The distance-learning project entitled "The African Virtual University", is sponsored by the World Bank and was developed to provide engineering to over 40 nations. As of now the six countries participating in the project are Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
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Operation Crossroads
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Global Volunteers/Interns/Project Directors Crossroads offers an opportunity to do summer work and participate in multi-disciplinary grassroots projects that Africans and Brazilians in rural communities deem valuable. There are 20 - 25 projects planned; the need is for 200 - 250 volunteers/interns and 20 - 25 Project Directors.

Crossroads recently announced that ONLINE applications are available for Project Directors/Leaders (26 years old and over with experience) and for Volunteers/Interns (college age and up; ALL are welcome).

Students generally arrange with their campuses to receive academic credit (typically 7 to 15 units) for their summer internship experience. Contact: Operation Crossroads, Attn: Overseas Department, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1366, New York, NY 10027. Phone: (212) 870-2106. OR to receive the Applications and Updates, e-mail your request to : Griots@Juno.Com - for Brochures or New Information, e-mail: oca@igc.apc.org. In the Subject Field, put either of the following: "Send LEADER/ProjDIRECTOR'S Packet" or Send VOLUNTEER/INTERN'S Packet", please include your street address in case of equipment malfunctions.

JOBS

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Africa/African Diaspora,
Georgia State University, Atlanta
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African American Studies: African Diaspora Position, Georgia State University. The Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University invites applications for an anticipated African Diaspora position beginning Fall 1997. The position is a tenure-track appointment at the advanced assistant or associate professor level. Although discipline and speciality areas are open, the successful candidate's teaching and research interests must focus on Africa and or the African Diaspora. Expertise on women in the African Diaspora is strongly preferred. The candidate will teach and develop undergraduate and graduate level courses. Please send curriculum vitae, teaching evaluations, three letters of reference, and a sample of scholarly writing to: Professor Charles E. Jones, Chair, Department of African-American Studies, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083. Review of applications will begin March 1, 1997 but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Georgia State University, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

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African/Asian/or
Pacific Cultures
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Anthropology: Central Michigan University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Cultural Anthropology, Assistant Professor level, beginning Fall 1997. The successful applicant must have completed a Ph.D. in anthropology by May 15, 1997, with research specializations in anthropology or education, and either African (preferred), Asian, or Pacific cultures. Duties include teaching Education and Culture courses primarily for teacher education students, geographic area course, and other cultural anthropology courses. Preferred: candidates whose research includes issues of ethnicity or gender in education. The Department has 27 faculty, undergraduate programs in sociology, anthropology, and social work; MA program in sociology. A letter of application, evidence of teaching potential, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation should be sent by March 15, 1997 to: Nancy Herman, Chair, Personnel Committee, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859. CMU (AA/EO institution) encourages diversity and resolves to provide equal opportunity regardless of race, sex, disability, sexual orientation or other irrelevant criteria.

Date: Fri, 24 Jan 97 16:18:16 EST Message-Id: <9701242118.AA26257@serv1.cl.msu.edu> From: Lisa Beckum <beckum@pilot.msu.edu>

Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar

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